How To Install libcob on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob on Rocky Linux 8. libcob is GnuCOBOL runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libcob`

GnuCOBOL runtime library. Runtime libraries for GnuCOBOL

We can use yum or dnf to install libcob on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcob.

Install libcob on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libcob using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcob

Install libcob on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libcob using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcob

How To Uninstall libcob on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libcob package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libcob

libcob Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/fdca0f203dd306e7c6c68c69227cf70225ffa3
/usr/lib64/gnucobol/CBL_OC_DUMP.so
/usr/lib64/libcob.so.4
/usr/lib64/libcob.so.4.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/libcob
/usr/share/licenses/libcob/COPYING.LESSER

References

libcob website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.